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27 October 2006

Choice questions dropped in survey dispute

Questions for patients on the choice element of the Choose and Book incentive scheme have been dropped from a national
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25 October 2006

Blogwatch

In the first of an occasional column looking at healthcare and blogging, EHI looks at what happens when doctors and
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25 October 2006

Specialists dispute keyword changes for C+B

A dispute between specialists and the Department of Health over use of keywords for Choose and Book clinic types has
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25 October 2006

Ethnic minority electronic health library launched

A new NHS Electronic Library for Ethnicity and Health has been launched to help fill gaps in knowledge of how treatments
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24 October 2006

Change in stance on migration costs for GP systems

NHS Connecting for Health has agreed to provide a fixed contribution to cover the migration costs for GP practices moving
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24 October 2006

On the road

EHIPC talks to GP clinical lead Professor Mike Pringle about how CfH will use its new national GP engagement workshops.
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23 October 2006

DH planning telecare pilot for one million people

The Department of Health (DH) is to soon seek expressions of interest for a large scale project examining how technology
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20 October 2006

One millionth Choose and Book referral reached

Health minister Lord Warner today announced that one million referrals to specialist care have been made through the Choose and
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19 October 2006

NHS Direct patient database approaches first birthday

NHS Direct, the health service’s telephone and online advice service will celebrate the first birthday of its single national database
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17 October 2006

Bucking the trend

Sunderland PCT is on course to deliver the March 2007 target of 90% of referrals through Choose and Book. EHIPC
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